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SUMMARY:Race and gender in the scientific institution: Basic history and a
 nalysis. - Carmen Palacios\, Quantum Information and Nanoscale Metrology G
 roup
DTSTART:20180525T164500Z
DTEND:20180525T181000Z
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CONTACT:Benjamin Pingault
DESCRIPTION:Abstract -- Picturing ‘The Scientist' as an [a-political whi
 te male\, in an ‘objective' search for the ‘truth’] is deeply proble
 matic. In this talk I begin to deconstruct this myth\, briefly outlining t
 he different aspects that have moulded science into the Institution we per
 ceive today\, as a way to start a wider conversation. I will briefly prese
 nt the history of science as non-white or European in origin\, and how it 
 has been used throughout history as a tool for racist and sexist oppressio
 n. I will then talk about how this has led to the status of science today:
  in terms of demographics\, exploitation of territory\, warfare and market
 isation. I will use the Cavendish Laboratory\, Cambridge's Physics Departm
 ent\, as a case study throughout. Lastly\, I end by considering how we sho
 uld re-imagine the concept of science and the scientist using concepts bor
 rowed largely from the social sciences and intersectional feminism.\n\nNot
 e - This talk is a jointly organised by the Wolfson College Science Societ
 y and the Wolfson College Humanities Society. 
LOCATION:Wolfson College\, Old Combination Room
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